Tenuousness chords by Andrew Bird

Artist: Andrew Bird
Album: Noble Beast

Normal Tuning
No Capo

Chords used: D/A
       -0- -0- -3- -1- -0- -2-
       -1- -1- -3- -1- -0- -3-
       -0- -2- -0- -2- -0- -2-
       -2- -2- -0- -3- -2- -0-
       -3- -0- -2- -3- -2- -0-
       -3- --- -3- -1- -0- ---

Intro: Am

C/G
Tenuous at best was all he had to say when pressed about the
Am
rest of it, the world that is
   C/G
from proto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans
   Am
Greek Cypriots and and Hobis-hots
                  C/G
Who hang around in ports a lot, uh huh.
         Am
(whitsling part)
C/G
Here's where things start getting weird
                         Am
While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh huh
C/G
To their minds a sharpened axe while
                Am
brushed up on the Uralic syntaxes
G
Love of hate acts as an axis
                F
Love of hate acts as an axis, oh oh
               C/G
First it wanes and then it waxes
         Am
(whistling part)
               C/G
So procreate and pay your taxes
         Am
(whistling part)
C/G
Ten you us ness less
Am
seven comes to three
C/G
Them you us plus
G
eleven thank the heavens for their elasticity
        C/G
And that's for those who live and die for astronomy
        Am
(whistling part)
Am
(whistling part)
C/G
When Coprophagia was writ know when to stand know when to sit
   Am
Can't stand to stand can't stand to sit and who would want to know this
G
Click click click
Em
Who wants to look upon this
Em
Who wants to look upon this
     G
pray tell
Em
Who wants to look upon this
Em
Who wants to look upon this
     G
pray tell
     Em
pray tell
G
Ten you us ness less
Em
seven comes to three
G
Them you us plus
D/A
eleven comes just shy of infinity
        C/G
And that's for those who live and die
      G